caliph
Who acts: caliph · What happens: see, ask, mean, live, bow · To what, where: old times, great palace, servant, caliph · Speech: someone speaks here
«caliph» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: caliph in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.
The ruler of a Muslim empire in old times, who was seen as a successor of the Prophet.
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 ruler | det |
| 2 | ruler | ruler | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 empire | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 empire | det |
| 5 | Muslim | Muslim | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 empire | amod |
| 6 | empire | empire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ruler | nmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 times | case |
| 8 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 times | amod |
| 9 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 empire | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 seen | punct |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 seen | nsubj |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 seen | aux:pass |
| 13 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 times | acl |
| 14 | as | as | ADP | _ | 16 successor | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 successor | det |
| 16 | successor | successor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 seen | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 Prophet | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Prophet | det |
| 19 | Prophet | Prophet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 successor | nmod |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 ruler | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past · passive | old times | as a successor of the Prophet | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus as successor=Attribute |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Example 1
The caliph asked what it all meant.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 caliph | det |
| 2 | caliph | caliph | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asked | nsubj |
| 3 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 meant | obj |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 meant | nsubj |
| 6 | all | all | ADV | _ | 7 meant | advmod |
| 7 | meant | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 asked | ccomp |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 asked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past | the caliph | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | mean | past | caliph | all property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
Example 2
The caliph lived in a great palace.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 caliph | det |
| 2 | caliph | caliph | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lived | nsubj |
| 3 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 palace | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 palace | det |
| 6 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 palace | amod |
| 7 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lived | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 lived | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | past | the caliph | a great palace | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in palace=Location |
Example 3
A servant bowed low before the caliph.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 servant | det |
| 2 | servant | servant | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | bowed | bow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 servant | acl |
| 4 | low | low | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 bowed | advmod |
| 5 | before | before | ADP | _ | 7 caliph | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 caliph | det |
| 7 | caliph | caliph | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bowed | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 servant | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bow | participle | a servant not said here | the caliph | low property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before caliph=Location |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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